Crate and Barrel Dish Towel Solution

When we were in Crate and Barrel the other day looking for trivets to match the kitchen and island, we came upon some kitchen dish towels that matched the trivets and the general color scheme of the house. When we moved to our new condo in northern Virginia nine months ago, we brought along just about everything from our Capitol Hill condo - because we didn’t have much to begin with. But the color scheme was more reds and greens with Persian carpets. Here, we are lightening things up a bit with more seafoam, lighter greens and blue tones. Regardless of any color, my husband prefers neutral as opposed to vibrant. So when we put the new dish towel on the dishwasher handle, he didn’t like it. It was much too bold for his taste. Rather than toss them out or use them as rags, I just turned the towel inside out, using the inside as the outside. It created a more muted look, which he preferred. We have been using off white and beige dish towels and they were okay, but they are quite old and stained. So we can add these two towels to the mix and they go along nicely - inside out.